“It’s always team,” James said, via USA TODAY Sports. “He passes the ball. Pushes the ball up the floor. Someone you want to play with. This is a team game. Everyone gets so caught up in this whole individual thing and it’s — the whole team game gets overlooked, but then, I’m not going to go there.”

As for what he said to Ball, James offered no clarification.

“None of y’all’s business,” he said.

Oh, okay. Ball also declined to comment on their conversation, but that didn’t stop social media from reacting.

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